This electronic brochure highlights our
capabilities and activities in the area of Web-Based Project Management
Tools.
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Robert Thorpe, Southwest
Research Institute.

Web-Based Project Management
Tools

About the cover:
An SwRI team is developing the New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission to explore
the solar system’s only planet not yet visited by a spacecraft. SwRI’s action
item management system is a key component of the New Horizons program.

With more than 25 years of experience in managing
large complex projects, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI®) brings all the
advantages of Internet-based applications to project managers, including:

Access through any web browser; other client
software is not required because the system resides on SwRI’s web server

System support done by SwRI, including system
maintenance, data backups, software patches, and information security

The SwRI Project Information Management System (PIMS)
has received excellent feedback and commendations from NASA review panels and
teams. A NASA proposal review team cited the use of this system as a
contributing factor to a winning proposal. Space projects using the PIMS
include:

Cassini (INMS)

Deep Impact

THEMIS

AIM

STEREO

IMAGE

Orbital Express

CHIPS

New Horizons

HPCA

NPP

MEGA

IBEX

LAMP

MMS

Juno

In addition to scheduling, many project management
activities are critical for project success. The SwRI-developed Project
Information Management System (PIMS) is an integrated web-based project
management tool that allows project managers to coordinate and complete many of
these activities online, using any web browser. PIMS supports many functions,
such as action item tracking, risk management, online checklists, and document
and image management.

The SwRI PIMS contains nine software
modules. Eight are project management modules and one is an interface
module, which transfers select PIMS data to scheduling programs, such as
Primavera® and MS Project.

Action Item Tracking

Tracks action items online using a combination
of e-mail and the web. Effective tracking of action items is essential for
project success.

Sends e-mail notifications before, on, and after
the action item due date, as well as when the action item status has
changed.